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By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, JULY 5. The " tainted" Ministers issue rocked Parliament today, forcing the adjournment of the Lok Sabha with no official business being carried out. The Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee's appeal to the members to allow the House to function fell on deaf ears, with the Opposition making it clear that it would settle for nothing less than the removal of these Ministers. The House was calm for the first few minutes, allowing the Telugu Desam Party MP, Yerran Naidu, to take the oath. Mr. Naidu was injured in an attack on him by naxalites during the election campaign and could not take the oath during the inaugural session of Parliament in June. Immediately after, the Opposition was on its feet, demanding the resignation of the "tainted" Ministers. Several Bharatiya Janata Party members rushed to the well of the House raising slogans against the Ministers, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House till noon. Similar scenes were witnessed when the House reassembled. This time, the Rashtriya Janata Dal members raised slogans against the BJP members. The Speaker had a difficult time persuading the members to allow the papers to be laid on the table of the House. He reprimanded the Minister of State for Agriculture, Kanti Lal Bhuria, for not being present in the House when his name was called out to table the papers listed against his name. Throughout the bedlam, the Congress benches remained largely uninvolved, while the RJD sought to match the decibel levels of the BJP. The Samajwadi Party preferred not to get involved but, significantly, the Bahujan Samaj Party gave signs of warming up to the Government with some of its MPs rising in support. The Leader of the Opposition, L.K. Advani, was present in the House but did not say a word, leaving it to V.K. Malhotra, Deputy Leader of the BJP in the Lok Sabha, to lead the Opposition charge. Raghunath Jha, Devendra Prasad Yadav and Ram Kirpal were in the forefront of the RJD's response. Mr. Chatterjee repeatedly appealed for calm amid the din. He assured the Opposition members that he was willing to allow a discussion on the matter. However, with both sides unwilling to relent, he announced the adjournment of the House for the day.
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